Verbage vs. Verbiage
Wrong: We need to strip some of this verbage out of the proposal.
Right: We need to strip some of this verbiage out of the proposal.
Verbiage (VER-bee-ij) can be either a profusion of meaningless words, or a manner of expressing oneself in writing.
Wrong: Be gone demon! Return from whence you came!
Right: Be gone demon! Return whence you came!
Mark.
1 comment:
The phrase "from whence" has been used since the 13th century and by such authors as Shakespeare aand Defoe. I hardly think that we can call them mistaken.
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